Ofgem unveils delayed timeline for TCR implementation
Ofgem has appeared to knock back the implementation of proposed reforms to network charging under the controversial Targeted Charging Review (TCR).
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Vattenfall chief to lead Eurelectric, bids to accelerate electrification
Magnus Hall, chief executive at Vattenfall, has been appointed as the new president of European power trade body Eurelectric.
No nuclear needed: Renewables could meet UK’s carbon targets, but only with new policies
The UK could meet its looming fourth and fifth carbon budgets without the need for new nuclear, but only if renewables policy is urgently ramped up, Cornwall Insight has claimed.
Labour bids to ‘bring energy home’ in sweeping renationalisation plans
The Labour Party has unveiled major plans to renationalise the UK’s entire electricity and gas system, claiming that the current system is not fit for purpose.
Liam Stoker looks back on a week that saw the UK go a week without coal for the first time since the Industrial Revolution and Theresa May take the time out to tweet her applause, warning that the achievement will be hollow unless the PM backs urgent action.
Ofgem TCR could delay subsidy-free renewables and wipe 6GW off pipelines
Ofgem’s Targeted Charging Review (TCR) could delay subsidy-free renewables by up to five years and scrub 6GW off their pipelines, new research has found.
The Committee on Climate Change’s net zero report issues a ‘put up or shut up’ moment for Westminster, with pressure to comply ratcheting up. Liam Stoker looks at why the report is far from a run of the mill recommendation.
Landmark 2050 net zero target would ‘end the UK’s contribution to climate change’
The UK could end its contribution to global warming by phasing out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said, a target which would drive a revolution in the country’s power system.
Government must be placed on a ‘war footing’ to tackle climate change threat
The UK government must be placed on a “war footing” to tackle the various threats posed by climate change, a new commission has said.